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African antimalarial research bears first fruit - A recently discovered compound from the aminopyridine class not only has the potential to become part of a single-dose cure for all strains of malaria, but might also be able to block transmission of the parasite from person to person, according to a research collaboration involving the Medicines for Malaria Venture, based in Switzerland, and the Drug Discovery and Development Centre at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. http://bit.ly/Prk7yF